Arabica zone straddling the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo border, recognised as a Denominação de Origem in 2021.
Caparaó is a Denominação de Origem for Coffea arabica grown in 16 municipalities around the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo border, ten on the Espírito Santo side and six in Minas Gerais. INPI registered it in February 2021, after the Ministry of Agriculture had worked on structuring the indication since 2015.
Field notes
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Caparaó is split across two states: ten of its 16 municipalities are in Espírito Santo, including Guaçuí, Iúna and Alegre, and six are in Minas Gerais, including Espera Feliz and Alto Caparaó.
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All six Minas Gerais municipalities of the Caparaó DO (Alto Caparaó, Alto Jequitibá, Caparaó, Espera Feliz, Manhumirim and Martins Soares) also appear in the Matas de Minas Indicação de Procedência.
Elsewhere in Brazil
Sources · 3 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Café da região do Caparaó é reconhecido como Indicação Geográfica · Revista Cultivar
- Certificado de Registro de Indicação Geográfica BR402018000002-7: Matas de Minas · INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial)
- Café segue como o produto com o maior número de Indicações Geográficas no Brasil · Revista Cultivar